Stuff I am currently focused on:

#1 Bring new financial advisory products to market at Arta Finance. 

#2 Help anyone host engaging and successful events via Eventship.

#3 Help others with AI via GPT Hacks. 

#4 Help my youngest develop his soccer skills, my second work on her basketball game and my oldest shine like his sax.

#5 Spend more time with my awesome wife doing fun things in San Diego and around the world.

Hussein Yahfoufi

AI is no longer the story. How it’s applied in real businesses is.

As Managing Partner at Venture Forward Capital, I focus on experienced founders applying AI inside industries they know deeply, building practical, production-ready solutions to real problems. 

Over the past 20 years, I’ve built and scaled AI, SaaS, and online media businesses across startups and large organizations. After graduating from MIT, I built Google’s Channel Partnership organization (GCPP) from the ground up, then joined Ezoic as VP, helping scale the ML-driven company through a $33M Series A.

I co-founded Kahoona to bridge the gap between user privacy and audience data. We raised a $4.5M seed round and exited via buyout in 2023. Today, I’m also an LP and board member at NuFund Venture Group.

Having exited companies twice, I’ve seen how experience changes decision-making: what founders prioritize, what they avoid, and how quickly they move.

Here, I share observations from the market, patterns across founders and funds, and perspectives on where AI is creating real leverage.

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